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Seahawk Viewpoints November 10, 2005 Seahawk Staff Opinion Riots in France offer an opportunity for compassion, not revenge (ithe f 1 oeahawK ‘'Excellence Through Truth and Dedication" since 1948 Editor-in-Chief - LinnieSarah Helpem Managing Editor - Liana Pesci Advertising Director - Rhonda Aldridge News Editor - Ben Wimmer Sports Editor - Brett Henley Lifestyles Editor - Andrea Cavallier Chief Photographer - Nolan Dean Distribution Manager - Jonathan Grubbs Adx’iser - Kevin Knight Student Media Coordinator - Bill DiNome Contributing Staff Assistant News Editor: HoUan Peterson Assistant Sports Editor: Brant Wilkerson-New Assistant Lifestyles Editor: Justin McLeod Assistant Photo Editor: Dan Hacker Production: Justin Smyre Copy Editor: Ashley Murphy Contact Information Editoh: 910-962-3229 / editor@theseahawk.org Advertisi.ng: 9J0-962-3789/ ads@theseahawk.org News: news(2)iheseahawk.org Sports: sports@theseahawk.org Lifestyles: arts@theseahawk.org Fax:910-962-7131 The Seahawk welcomes inquiries and encourages letters to the editor. 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All content in printed and electronfc edilxms are (o) 2005. the Seahawk Newspaper. On the Web: ht^ji/Mww.theseahawk.org Letter to the Editor Registration woes continue to plague students I’m registering for my classes today. I’ve done it the same way for the past four years. Every time registration comes around I make my schedule a few weeks in advance of my registration date. In the past I’ve planned on taking the classes that I needed for my major, my minor, and for my basic studies. Spring 2006 will be a little different for me, how ever 1 have completed my major, minor, and all of my basic studies, yet 1 liave seventeen hours left to take. So, for all my hard work I decided that I would find “gravy” classes to fill my schedule. I have golf, tennis, and canoeing all lined up. 1 have my schedule made and it is perfect. The classes aren’t to late and there not to early. Only one problem: I haven’t registered yet and I won’t be able to get these classes. Only a couple of days into registration and there filled up, section closed. 1 don’t know why this surprised me. 1 have experienced this every semester since coming to UNCW. So, 1 will do the same thing I have done for the past four years. 1 will remake my schedule on registration day, trying to find the classes that 1 want, that are still open. The class selection here has been measured and found wanting. Sure, 1 might be able to go talk to the teachers at the beginning of next semester and convince them to let me in, but it shouldn’t be this way. 1 will be leaving UNCW in the spring with a bitter taste in my mouth and all the university would have to of done was add a few more classes or a few more openings. Many things have changed here at UNCW, but one thing remains the same: registration bites. Quincy Phillips UNCW Senior What is this space missing? YOUR OPINION! Send us your letters at editor@theseahawk.org On October 27, rioting began in the sub urbs of France when two youths were electro cuted and killed as they hid from the police in a power station. The riots, motivated by what French citizens see as an extreme case of racial inequality, have raged on ever since,- practically crippling the country. Even as cur fews are imposed and greater security mea sures are taken, the riots continue and only grow worse with each passing day. While these events are horrifying, the response fi-om other countries to France’s plight has been less than praise-worthy. Governments all across the world, including our own, are using these riots as an excuse to take cheap shots at France. The United States, who most recently disowned France to the point of renaming “French Fries,” have made their position official. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, “This is a matter for the French government and the French people to address.” Fox News, always the epitome of sensitivity, have been broad casting headlines reading “Paris Burning!” over pictures of the Eiffel Tower set against a back drop of flames. One can understand why many countries would be less than sympathetic towards the French government. After the events of 9/11, France refused to take part in the war against Iraq, Many saw this as a cowardly act, one that proved the French were a selfish government out only to protect themselves. Admittedly, this was entirely possible. i But is the response from the US gov- ' emment one of mature thinking or sim ply a chance to “get back” at a country that wouldn’t come to our aid when it was j beheved we needed it most. In the past, the US has always done its ready best to defend to the poor, the threatened, the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” (as stated on our Statue of Liberty, a gift from France.) Will we now ignore the problems facing another country and sit contentedly while France implodes on itself? Right now, with all of the scandals in the White House and the dissension over the war | in Iraq, there is nothing our country needs more than to show a little compassion. There ; is so much hatred and anger over our current position in the war, that even many of those who once supported it are changing their views. Why then, should we continue to hold animosity towards a country that chose to remain neutral? While France may never ask for help, nor we ever offer it, the very least the government could do is express concern over what is truly a horribly tragedy in a beautifiil country. There is nothing wrong with believing a country should take care of their own. But r now is not the time to be bitter The time has | come to be the “bigger” country. France may not be peiftct, but neither are we. \ Know how to use it? Use it for us. We're looking for talented people with the desire to work for the Seahawk. Build your portfolio by becoming a photographer for YOUR student newspa per E-mail us at editor@theseahawk.org or stop the the Student Media Office in the Burney Support Center.
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